ANNA KYLIN CHESTER THE NEWS OF vampires changed my entire plans. I did not want to risk Reine's safety and that of my children too by leaving the security of a pack - no matter how shitty the alpha is. I woke up at the crack of dawn and started to prepare to head out to the hospital. That was my life now. Sleep. Wake up. Eat. Work. Work. Work.When was the last time I shifted and went for a run? I wondered as I packed my hair into a towel and dried myself. The door opened and the light steps of Reine came in."Luna?" She called."In the room," I replied.She came into the room. "Good morning, Luna," She greeted."Did you sleep well?" I asked and immediately realized how silly that question was. Omegas rarely had a good night's sleep, but she simply shrugged and watched as I styled my hair and got dressed then she said, "There is very minimal activity in the hospital today,"I looked at her through the mirror. "What do you mean? Why?""Because of what happened yesterday," she replied
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER THE DAY PASSED very slowly. Clouds were heavy and gray like it was mourning with the pack. I had a late breakfast with Reine after the first ceremony. I was still angry with Marcus and even more with my sister. I was angry at the deaths of innocent people. I was angry that Rick was too blind and nonchalant to see the obvious; he and my sister were running my father's pack to the ground."We cut bond with the pack years ago," Ava said softly in my head. "Our family is in the mountain Alps of Alaska." I sighed and nodded. She was right, of course. But I could not help the feeling of despair and hurt I felt towards the situation of the pack.And I missed my children too. I sighed in frustration. "Do you need to sleep, Luna?" Reine stood at the door.I shook my head. "No, I'm fine," I muttered, but I wasn't fine."Let me put on a kettle for tea. It can help with the nerves," She said, hurrying into the kitchen.I brought out my phone and started to FaceTime Mitch so I
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER RICK WAS RAVING mad if he thought that threats would make me give him my children. I turned and tossed on my bed. It's been hours since he left, but my mind was still worried.I glanced at the bedside clock. Surely the children would be back from school now. I called Mitch on FaceTime, and he answered after a few rings. My sight was welcomed with the stunning sharpness of his chin and jaw."It's on vi-" I started to say."Hello, Anna?" He cut into me. "Hello? I can't-""It's a video call -" I explained."What are you saying?" He asked, confused. "I can't hear you.""Its. A. Video. Call." I said loudly and slowly."Oh? Oh..." he held the phone out and chuckled. "You should have said so at first. Hey." He looked even more handsome than I remembered. It felt like I had been gone for years instead of just. 2 months."Hey," I replied, returning his smile.He squinted and hunched forward. "You have eyebags," he said. "Have you been alright? Crying?"I scoffed and shook m
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER THE MOON ROSE quickly. It was not a full moon, but that didn't matter as every pack member trooped out of their homes when it was time. I stood at the window, watching them make their way to the cemetery. I was not an integrated member of the pack, so I decided to join them later. I waited for a few more minutes until the streets were empty before I walked slowly to the cemetery. When I got there, Rick and Draco were burying the long roots of the twilight ivy. Burying our dead with twilight ivy was a long old tradition that we practiced. It was believed that the plant would guide the lost souls to the moon goddess where they would find rest. Most other packs had a different variation of the belief, while some didn't do it at all. It often made me wonder if it was real.I leaned against a tree as the men proceeded to cover the soil with their hands. When the last one was done, Rick got to his hands and knees and shifted, ripping his clothes. His wolf looked to be
RICK FORSONAFTER RECEIVING THE call from the council a few days ago, Alpha Rick's mind had been divided. They wanted to use Anna to get to the Lycan, he knew how ruthless this new board of council was, they would do anything to crush their enemies - including using the children.His mind was divided because he knew he had to obey the council or else risk being an enemy of the werewolves too, but the feelings he had for Anna were coming back and he did not want her to get hurt again. Not by him. Not after what he did to her years ago when she was pregnant with his children.His children. The more he thought of them, the more he wanted to know more about them. When he could not keep the curiosity in anymore, he had gone to see Anna and asked her about the children. For a second, he had thought that she would suspect that something was off and that he was subtly stalling her for the council to get here, but then she had looked at him and he saw her face soften with pity and relaxed in h
RICK FORSONRICK AND JONES moved simultaneously, bounding towards the sound of the howl. The warriors flanked us as we rushed to the scene. I followed Anna's scent at traced her to the river near the southern border.They had not yet come out on the scene when the strong smell of rotting flesh hit their nostrils. "Do you perceive that?" Rick mindlinked Jones who grunted in affirmation.They jumped out near the river banks and saw 2 pale white men taunting Anna and laughing as they tried to wear her down slowly. There was another man writhing on the floor in pain. Draco's gasped in shock. "Are those...""Vampires!" Rick snarled. He immediately ran over, smashing into one of the unsuspecting vampires. "Octavio!" One of the vampires yelled before his head was taken off from his neck. The vampire Octavio turned and when he saw the arrays of werewolves running towards him, he became paler - if that was possible. He turned and zoomed off at blinding speed."Don't let him escape!" Rick sn
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER"YOU NEED A shower," Rick said to me, snapping my attention from the dead, withered corpse on the floor. I looked at him and nodded. "Feel free to use one in the pack house," he said. "It's got hot water too."Feeling too tired to disagree, I nodded again and walked out of the pack hall. The pack house - my former house - was just next door. The bathroom had undergone a renovation. Beth's idea, no doubt. It did not look like a bathroom for a family house. It was a bathroom more suited for a beauty spa. It had a jacuzzi, a hot sauna, and fancy soaps and creams. "Well, I'm not complaining," I chuckled, stepping out of the bathrobe and entering the steam sauna. I immediately felt myself relax as the hot water washed all over me. I never thought I would be happy to see Rick, but seeing him and the warriors of this pack answer my call made me almost cry in relief. I was almost a goner for sure, I could not have held the vampires back for much longer and I knew they k
ANNA"I HOPE YOU are excited about your birthday," My chosen mate, Alpha Rick said. He came up to me from behind and hugged me, nuzzling my neck fondly. I rubbed his arm and smiled. He was more excited for the birthday than I was and I am only going along with it because he seemed so happy about it. The moon goddess knows my real heart's desire. I wanted a child. Over the 3 years that I and Alpha Rick had chosen each other as mates, we had been trying for a child, but to no avail. It wasn't until last year that it was confirmed that my husband was impotent. He had a low sperm count. I still loved him, but I wanted to have my own children. I am Anna Kylin, daughter of the old Alpha of the Red Moon pack. After waiting for my fated mate, who did not come, my father pressured me to choose someone else. And so, I chose Alpha Rick of the Blood pack. He was handsome, gentle, and loving. And he was also yet to find his fated mate. So we had gotten married out of convenience because he also